Watch the incredible interview with Eddie Jones: 'That wasn't rugby'

Sunday, February 26, 2017 - 06:35 PM

England head coach Eddie Jones was unhappy with Italy's tactics, including their refusal to form rucks.

Despite Dan Cole's early try, Eddie Jones' men trailed 10-5 at the interval before second-half scores from Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Jack Nowell (two) and Ben Te'o secured a 36-15 victory and a bonus point at Twickenham.

The win moved England back to the top of the championship table and kept alive their hopes of a second successive Grand Slam.

But Jones said the game against Italy wasn't rugby today and complained about their tactics in a post-match interview.

Jones said that paying spectators should ask for their money back, and that he should refund his day's wages to the Rugby Football Union.

It took until the second half - after a talking to from Jones - for England to adjust and assert themselves.

Jones added: "Could we have adjusted even quicker? Possibly, but it's difficult. The referee (Romain Poite) got flustered as well.

"I'm not critical of our side at all, because we didn't play rugby.

"We probably got flustered a little bit by their tactics, which is normal.

"It ceased to be a game of rugby. We practised for a game of rugby all week and we didn't get it."

Jones also began the mind games with Scotland, England's next opponents who visit for the Calcutta Cup on March 11.

He added: "If you said where we wanted to be at the end of three rounds, we're exactly there. We're undefeated, we've got a bonus point.

"We're looking forward to Scotland coming down. They're talking big already, they're on a roll, they're confident, but they've got to carry round the expectations now for the whole Scotland nation for the next two weeks before they come down and play us.

"They've got to handle that, which is going to be interesting for them."